[linux-lvm] IO issue causing unkillable processes.

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Austin,

no problem on ext2 in an LV.
Probaly just a particular load related problem in your SW/HW config.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 02:24:03PM -0600, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
> This perl script: #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> 
> $|=1;
> open(FD, ">>spew.out");
> while (true) {
> print FD "asdklfasd;kfjsad;kfjs;dlj
> a;sdlkfnas,nfp9ibvp98ay085hq325l;mndfg'adfa
> 'sd;lmf,m/,sd\fasdfna.,mdnf.m,ansdflkjanfoiuahsel;kjrqwe\as\df]adfh\||PPOt'r
> q[tjwq.,mnt/><ZXDNF{OLPIAHSEMN>M<Nl;kjahestlkjahsdklfmsd;lifqpownj;n;lakfn;K
> H;LKH;LKGJAPSOIJ"
> }
> close FD;
> will cause an unkillable process under the proper circumstances. I'm not
> sure what they are, so...
> if anyone who's NOT running xfs, rather Reiser or ext3 or ext2, and LVM,
> could run this and let me know if they experience similar symptoms. I'm not
> sure where the culprit is right now.(whether it's SMP, SCSI, or IDE, the VM,
> whatever.) I'd greatly appreciate your help.
> 
> -- 
> Austin Gonyou
> Systems Architect, CCNA
> Coremetrics, Inc.
> Phone: 512-796-9023
> email: austin at coremetrics.com 
> 
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Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

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